Arkady Moshes

Belarus Protests Have Explosive Potential for EU-Russia Relations

(Carnegie Moscow Center) Belarus has been engulfed by protests ever since the contested presidential election back in August, and whatever happens, it seems things cannot ever just go back to the…

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Лукашенко отказался уходить и пообещал новую Конституцию вместо выборов

После того как Светлана Тихановская выразила готовность стать национальным лидером, Александр Лукашенко вновь заявил о неготовности ни к выборам, ни к отставке. Радикализация протестов и раскол элит могут изменить его линию…

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Belarus without Lukashenko: How it became a realistic scenario

(FIIA Comment) Alexander Lukashenko’s “victory” in the election cannot bridge the gap between the president and the modern part of Belarusian society. Turbulent times may lie ahead for Belarus. This will…

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The conflict in Donbas is not frozen and may soon require more attention

(Friends of Europe) The Minsk II agreement was signed in 2015 with the intention of settling the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas. Yet, it was doomed from the outset as it…

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A Mixed Record: Assessing Ukraine’s Domestic Reforms Under Volodymyr Zelenskiy

(LSE) (Co-authored with Ryhor Nizhnikau) While most recent attention has been drawn to the diplomatic effort to achieve progress in the conflict resolution in Ukraine’s Donbas, which culminated in the…

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The Normandy Summit on Ukraine: No Winners, No Losers, To Be Continued

(FIIA) The French-German-Russian-Ukrainian top-level encounter could not and did not deliver a prospect of resolving the conflict in Donbas, but the limits of the possible are now clearer. No certainty,…

All Quiet in Russian-Belarusian Relations

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) For approximately a year, from summer 2018 onwards, observers were paying close attention to tensions in relations between Russia and Belarus. A particular concern was caused…

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Уже не братья? Новый этап отношений Москвы с Минском

25 декабря в Москве прошла встреча президентов России и Беларуси Владимира Путина и Александра Лукашенко. Однако вместо ожидавшегося соглашения по спорным вопросам руководители двух государств сообщили, что встретятся еще раз…

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ЕС без Британии: будут ли новые санкции против России?

Отношения Великобритании и России в последние годы никак не назовешь хорошими или даже нейтральными […]В Европе же антироссийские санкции в целом несколько менее популярны. На их смягчении настаивают и некоторые…

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Belarus: Ambivalent and Changing [VIDEO]

(Point & Counterpoint) Arkady Moshes explains Belarus’s geopolitical status and its relations with Ukraine and Russia. Arkady Moshes is the director of the EU Eastern Neighbourhood and Russia Research Programme at the Finnish Institute…

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Belarus Protests Have Explosive Potential for EU-Russia Relations

Лукашенко отказался уходить и пообещал новую Конституцию вместо выборов

Belarus without Lukashenko: How it became a realistic scenario

The conflict in Donbas is not frozen and may soon require more attention

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All Quiet in Russian-Belarusian Relations

Уже не братья? Новый этап отношений Москвы с Минском

ЕС без Британии: будут ли новые санкции против России?

Belarus: Ambivalent and Changing [VIDEO]